n. 1
A large quantity; many.
There is not a great abundance of time, so please don't dawdle.
n. 2
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
n. 3
Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.

Related words

Word family: abundant
Other spellings: abondance

Forms

Plural: abundances → plenties, richnesses, plenitudes, profusions…

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Abundance express more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; as, abundance of riches, an abundance of wit and humor; often, however, it only denotes plenty in a high degree.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example sentences

plenty If you have a cold, you should get plenty of rest.
richness Your perspective adds depth and richness to discussions.
profusion A profusion of dandelions had coloured the meadow yellow.
multitude Tokyo offers a multitude of accommodation options.
multiplicity Multiplicity is only apparent, in truth, there is only one mind...

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
abundance		steady
plenty		rising
richness		rising
profusion		steady
plenitude		rising
multitude		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: lot¹
4 letters: many², mass¹, flow¹, load¹, ease¹, pile¹, heap¹, slew¹, glut¹
5 letters: store¹, flood¹
6 letters: enough², choice¹, plenty², wealth¹, excess², riches², mickle², muckle²
7 letters: surplus²
8 letters: mountain², treasure², overflow³, richness², opulence³, effusion
9 letters: fertility⁴, multitude³, affluence³, profusion³, fecundity⁴, plenitude, ampleness
10 letters: prosperity⁴, exuberance⁴, cornucopia⁵, abundation
11 letters: sufficiency⁴, superfluity, copiousness, teemingness
12 letters: multiplicity⁵, fruitfulness
13 letters: aboundingness
14 letters: productiveness, superabundance

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (many² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: abondance
Deutsch: Fülle
Català: abundància